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COACHMAN-CO0K.- married couple {;
u man az coachman and wife cook aud laundress
good reference country preferred. E. H. Tribune Uptown
1 nrO
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DUTLER-By q Protestant man several
ID vears' experlence can be at present employer
who win give satisfactory reference Can for two days at ~
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Musical instruction.
NETWORK CONSERVATORY OF MUSlC
Located only Mt -
- 6East Nth at 81 door East OF 6thave.
Chartered 1865.
SPRING TERMS COMM
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XNM REYNOLDS BROWN, AuctiOneer,
VIII sell at Auction,
AT THE REAL ESTATE EXCHANGE,
Nos. 80 to IS Lberty-st, on
TUESDAY. May II. 1887. at l2m..
SIX VALUABLE LOTS
grade ready for building.
l34TH.sT.. near WfLLIs-AVE.
This street severed curbed guttered tagged has
and cTotOu mains and handsomely improved Lots re-
strlcted to nuisancea
OnIy two minutes TO RAPID Transit Station.
VERY EASY TERMS.
90 per cont on mortgage at per cent
THURSDAY MAY 10.
FOURTEEN CHOICE LOTS
SOUTHERN BOULEVARD. hath AND 18TH Sis,
10 be sold restrictions 10 nuisanees and title guaran
teed by policies OF
Title Guarantee aud Trust Company
issued Tree OF expense To purchasers
Streets severed curbed guered and Tagged and assess
paid
Fullszs lots ready Tor immediate building.
60 PER CENT on MORTGAGE AT PER CENT.
High ground commanding OF East River convenient
transit For maps and particulars ap
ply 10 .,,Wai y 9 pows
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DUTLER or WAITER.-By an Englishman'
c1tr or cnnnfrY Adiress RUsEL. 2O5 East l0ith.st
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A QUIET, PERFECTLY HEALTHY, old
n fashioned country place 10 rent furnished Elm Cot
tage Compo roai, Westport Conn, NewYork and New:
Haven Railroad horse carriage cows &C. abundance OF
fui aud vegetables gardener remains in charge nne od
shade failing well spring water 10 mnufeS
ride depot village and Sound bathing private family only
K. b. WILCOX, 81 East 63d-st
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OOACHMAN and USEFUL-MAN.-By a
" young man; in or out OF owni CITY reference om.
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NOACHMAN and GARDENER.-By a single
coorsd man thoroughly competent and temperate good
Weaf
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" UN n VIN II I'LL
school FOR desirable boys little boys an those gong
homo for the first time especially solicited; not cheap
genuine and thorough. backward BOYS and conditioned
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COOK, LAUNDRESS - CHAMBERMAlD
~ wAITREss-By two capable Scotch girls Two years
drslass lauudress other excellent chameermald An
waitress wages moderate city or country. 4lS 5dave
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Gituations manteo-- alalcs.

A TTENDANT.-A medical student desires
~ nosltion az attendant invalid nurse years
study and nursing hospitals excellent references
II. NJ, ITO LeriDgtonaye.
DOOKKEEPER.-By Young business man.
ID ACE "a compeent and thoroug bookkoeper IL years
., nsrisnce in railway coal manufacturing and mercantile
oce E omen either bookkeeper or safes
man; salary 500 per week. Address PERMANENT BOX s.
station T." Brooklyn
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-05-08
For Youny Laiie,-Counsrv.

uOME COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE, Me-
tuchn MI Beard tuition Cnoluding music $50 per
quarter; for girls
HOME AND DAY SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
Primary intsrneiiate Classical English Ansic lrepa-
ration for Vasssr College specially. Pupils admitted on our
certidcates without examination. TIL ELA~, spring
field Mass. Misses PORTER CHAMPNEf. Prhcipsns.
THE WEST WALNUT STREET BOARD
ING SCHOOL for Young ladies and little girls VIII re
omen september u.s. FOR terms and crcqlars address -
Miss j. IRA uTMAHN. SOL Walnut-st. philadelphia IA
The Dickinson press., 1887-09-24
I.nssoinR a Sen lion.

"Thc best sea lion contract ever made was
with T.. +. Barnum, in 1871, said Capt Cyrus
Eastman to reporter. "His agent entered
into contract with Inc to deliver pair
alive to him i'll New York city, and paid me
$1,000 upon my signing tho papers, and tho
final output was something like s1o,ODO
took two men and went to SANTA Barbara,
where chartered schooner and took on
board six OF the best lassoers (vaqueros) that
could get.
"San Miguel Islands at that time was alive
with sea lions. There was no trouble in las
soing a sea lion, but the difficulty wns to
make the lusso hold, as sea lions neck is
larger than his head. 1t was all right rs long
US he was headed from you, but rs soon as he
turned the RATA would slip off and you los:
him.
MY only capture on the first trip was
three small ones, but rs they did not come up
to the required weight for Barnum | sold
them to John Robinson, at Omaha, where
they were al immense attraction.
"On my second trip added to my force
and took hunting crew OF eight men, and
profiting by my former experience had my
rintas fixed with fshhooks, and also well
plastered with resin, but could not hold the
beasts, and so shot one, and throwing the
lasso over flppcr found that it would
hold. All that II seal hns to do is to give mo
his fipper and have got him.
"My men were all Indians. took on" Of
them and showed him tue trick ami the next
morning we went into the sea lions rookery
and caught four. l went to San Francisco
Immediately and placed my cap,ives in n salt
water tank and kept them there until the de-
parture of the next steamer for Panama.
got them safely over the iStlimus and landed
them alive and we'll in Kew York and got
my pay San Francisco Examiner.
The Dickinson press., 1887-09-24
Poison, Poison Ererywl,ere.

a child sleeps nowadays in n room whose
wall paper with arsenic pattern renders tho
mir deadly, and whose window curtains of
lead and arsenic dye load the mir with death; {;
the flushed and fcverish sufferer wakes to
draw on brown and yellow stockings, dan
gerous will, picric dyes, puts on II hat whose
inner leather lining has been bleaccd by u
cheap but noxious process, hugs n wax doll
whose complexion has been covrc,l by
another soluble and dangerous dye, drinks
glass of milk which impure water has de-
prived Of q fifth Of its natural strength and
has charged with the germs Of disease, slips
bun into the lunch basket in which chronlate
of lead has been stirred by the economical
baker, starts for school sucking n stick OF
pistache candy, which owes its tint to
Scheele's green, is treated by schoolmnte to
all ice cream colored by another preparation
of arsenic, and when the unfortunate victim
of these daily dangers, sown thick in the
path Of a civilized child, succumbs to their
manifold poisons, the parents mourn over tho
obscure provcnces of God which remove
from among us the young in all the opening
vigor OF childhood This is no imaginative
sketch, Report and analysis could be
quoted for each pecificntion.-Philalelph
Press
The Dickinson press., 1887-09-24
a City Physicians shrcwd Practice.

The active competition for n living that tho
physician in New York las to encounter has
resulted i'll a curious method for stimulating
trade There are doctors in this city, grad
uatcs in due form, and, no doubt, in many
cases men of ability, who remit all fees for
consultations, relying on the profits they OBJ
tain from the medicines they prescribe for
emoluncnt. Certain standard prescriptions
they have put up i'll quantities and these they
sell directly to the patients. Where pre-
scription has to be compounded the patient is
sent to a certain drug store at which the doc
tor has an arrangement for his commissions
Between these two devices the practitioner
really captures reasonable fee, and he gets
it, moreover, i'll cash where he otherwise
might have To give credit, with strong show
Of loss, for though patients will not dream Of
demanding credit for medicines, they make
very small bones about leaving the doctors
hill unpaid once he has permitted them to
run it up.
The practice is Of course irregular and has
to be quietly INDUCED in. Any physician
who was detected in it would suffer profcs-
sional cstraci,m, if 10 worse. But the spread
of the custom has rendered some method of
advertising it necessary and the prescription
doctors now circulate their cards, with
notification On the back Of tho special advan-
tages they offer. These cards are delivered
in letter boxes at flat houses and sent by
mail to directory addresses. s.--Alfred Trumble
in New York News.
The Dickinson press., 1887-09-24
Welsh and Breton Tongues.

In this part of Brittany the Breton lam
guage is generally spoken. French is quite a
foreign tongue. Even in the town there are
many people who do not understand word
Of it. As for the peasants, there is no speak
ing to them at ali. When spoken to they say
something i'll reply, but it is i'll all idiom that
sounds utterly strange to English ears 1t
has often been said that those who are familiar
with the Welsh language can understand the
Bretons and make themselves understood
here. have questioned several people i'll
Brittany on the subject. and they all say that
Welsh is like 4 foreign tongue TO them. 1t
probably differs as much as French does from
Spanish, and it is not surprising that it
should, considering TIE centuries tha: have
passed since the separation. Here Breton Is
SO much the language of the country that i'll
al. the churches the sermons are preached in
it ami the prayer books are printed in Breton
aud Latiu.--Cor. Boston Transcript.
The Dickinson press., 1887-09-24
THE WICKED ARMY MULE.
Buffalo Bill Gives lsit of His Expert
cnce as "a Dispntch Carrier,

Buffalo Bill Gives ~ Bit of His Expert.
cncc nv ~ Dispatch Carrier.
started once more on the road for Fort
Larnc,l, and proceeded without interruption
to Coon creek, thirty miles from Fort
Dodge.
Here dsnlountcd and led my mule to a
pool to give him some water. | also stood
myself u drink, using my hat for n dipper,
and while engaged in procuring this refresh
mcnt my mule suddenly jerkcd off and RAM
bled away down to the creek. Then it flashed
across my mind that in the hurry of depart
ure had omitted to make my lariat fast to
him nn. that lie was ut large.
followed him gently i'll tho hopes of get
ting hold of his bride, und that hc would
pcrclance stop. He did not. lie made
straight for tho wagon road, hut instead of
making for Fort Dodge, as l expected lie
would, he turned toward Fort Larncd and
logged merrily along with most happy and
unconccrnel air. Several times succeeded
in getting just up to him when he would put
on squirt and go ahead easy, stacking down
as soon rs l gave up chase. was sorcly
tempted to shoot him with my gun, which 1
fortunately held in my hand, hut tho report
would have probably brought the Indians
down on me, and as lie was besides company
for nc, | restrained. Aud thus the mule
marched on md followed on foot curSing.
From Coon creek to Fort Larned is thirty
five miles, and we-that is, the mule and N.Y.
self-male pretty good time. There was
nothing to hold the mule, and was striving
hard to catch him, which urged him on. In
addition to tho excitement of this pedestrian
competition had the knowledge that might
at any moment be pounced on by Indians
and have my hair lifted
The mule stuck to the road aud l stuck to
the mule Just as day began to break VIC
found ourselves still in the same order of pro-
cession OH II hill looking down OH to tho valley
of Pawnce fork, with Fort Larned looming
up i'll tho distance, and rs l surveyed tho
scene, and the mule surveyed ne, tho mol,l-
ing gun belched forth half mile away
We took stock Of each other with express
sions of mutual distrust Then, addressing
my opposite neighbor. spoke.
"'rmc's up" l said, "and it's my turn.
am deeply indebted to you for your company,
but we must part" Then raised my gun to
my shoulder and blnzed away, hitting the
beast on the hip. Inserting second cart
ridge fired into him again, and twice more,
until at last lie lay stretched out nice and
comfortable Like all government mules, lie
was II tough one, and died hard.
My shots brought out tho troops, and when
they learned what had happened they all said
it served him right. l then walked into
headquarters and delivered my dispatches,
and received the compliments of the general.
Chicago Times.
The Dickinson press., 1887-09-24
How the Small Boy Quotes.

The Exprcssionist heard a story recently of
small negro boy who goes to Sunday school
in the little brick church in Fort Erie. He
got UP to repeat the verse, 1T is l. BE not
afraid" Hc conveyed the idea correctly, but
in rather shocking manner by saying, Its
me; don't lie scarf" This calls to mind the
case of tho G-ycar-oli girl in the Harbor mis-
sion school, who was rather mixed in her
Scripture, aid i'll trying to say, "And 10. n
greater than Solomon is here" she got it
"!And 10, q greater than Sullivan is here" /"
This was, by the way, a week or two after
the john L. Sullivan combination had up
peared Mt the Adclphia. Express.
The Dickinson press., 1887-09-24
Little. l,uf (:reaf

The small woman has contrivance for
getting even with the world. She wears
springs on the soles Of her boots, 50 a shoe
maker Of New York relates and lie added
that he had had calls for six or eight pairs
within two weeks. The boots are arranged
as for everyday pcdestrionism, hut furnished
with an invisible wire frame that is disposed
of i'll variety of ways, but usually lies close
about the toe and heel when not wanted Slip
ping down to furnish n silt for tin" foot i'll
any case of need. The little woman h;,, been
acknowledged always an ingenious creature.
and now that she has fairly set her wits at
work reniedying the shortcomings of nature
you may expect to meet her Oh the street all
justing her inches comfortably according to
the attractions that demand to be seen-Sew
York Letter.
The Dickinson press., 1887-09-24
Green,,orn. na,k,nr on the ,,e,cn,

Many of the people here take great delight
in seeing their friends learn the alphabet Of
the ocean, OF such was the nice. economical,
poverty pounded, inland old lady VIII" upon
her first sight Of 1.-THE vnsty deep placed lcr
her arms akimbo drew n long sigh and mur
INJURED: "Dear me, it's Il great joy to see
something that there's plenty Of OF these
was the middle aged man, whose wife thought
the water too cold to battle in ,llut day.
NO, Merinr." lie said, pointing to some iron
waste pipes that entered the waves near where
he stool, don't you see: They're runni,.' hot
water into the ocean an heatin' OF her upr
-Ocean Grove Letter.
The Dickinson press., 1887-09-24
eALLApE OF THE BOURNE.

"what goal remains for pilgrims feet,
Now all our gods are banished!''
Afar, where sea and sunrise meet,
Tall portals bathed in gold and red.
From either door carven head
Smiles down on men full drowsilie
Mid mystic forms Of men outspread
Between the Gates of Ivorie.
Now if beyond lie town or street
4 know not, nor hath any said,
Though tongues wag fast and winds ore fleet:
Some say that there men meet the dead,
Or filnly phantoms in their stead,
And some, lit leads to Arcadie."
In sooth know not, yet would tread
Between the Gates of Ivore.
For surely there sounds music sweet,
With fair delights md perfumes shed,
And all things broken made complete,
And found again things forfeited
All this for hin, who scorning dread
Shall read the wreathcn fantastic,
And pass, where no base soul hath sped,
Between the Gates of Ivorie.
All, Princess. grasp the golden thread,
Rise up and follow fearlcssle,
By high desire and longing led
Between the Gates Of Ivorie
Graham r. TomSon in Harper's Magazine.
The Dickinson press., 1887-09-24
Iron and steel in China.

To the thrifty Chinese iron and steel are
precious metals. y little bit OF iron with an
edge of steel welded on is forged into Il knife
or tool, which, however uncouth in appear
anrc, certainly answers the purpose for which
it was intended. tnable to pay the prices at
which British manufacturers can supply
tools, the Chinese import such iron as
they cannot supply from their own mines,
and they make their own tools. Thus,
in lN-'i, 100000 pounds of nail rod
iron was imported and used for bolts, for
building purposes and for making tools, the
latter being principally for the iron producing
districts.
Last year. over 100000 pouI:ds weight of
Old lor>c ,hoc~, woy!l out parts of machinery,
Obi bars and Plates, bits Of broken up Ships
etc, were taken ly the Chinese and made
into Lo">, ls;l;cS, >cythcs rlowshares, spades
and tools Of various descriptions The i'm
lo.t of steel Was not quite $4,000 pounds. It
is too costly to he used recl.leSs.y, and is
therefore >!aringly added to the native iron
as strengthening tome, anl it supplies the
edges for knives, flies and saws.-Sheffield
Daily Telegraph
The Dickinson press., 1887-09-24
Then There Was n Silence.

"Wherc y're goin' to dino tonight, Tom
kinst'
"Well, Joe Shepard expects me to spend tho
evening with him"
"Awfully sorry, old man. Twas going tn
ask you to come to my house,
"That's all right, my good fellow; I'm not
going to dsappoirt you again. Joe is good
for any time. Ill come.n
There was temporary silence, and the
conversation turned upon the weather.-Ths
Epoch
The Dickinson press., 1887-09-24
A Russians Knowledge of Cavalry.


Col. Sukhotin, who wants tho Russian
army to h" turned into hordos of cavalry
like those "l Tamerlanc and Gcnghis Khan,
has contributed tou Russian military maga-
zine an able paper on the American cavalry
during the war of secession. Therein VIC dis
cover some of the motives which induced the
recent transformation of the Russian cavalry
into Dragons. But us that war was wagcd
between ll;,>scs of unframed horsemen, it is
highly improbable that its lessons should up
ply 4" the conditions of European conflict.
The Americans on both sides preferred the
revolver in the melee to the sabcr or lance;
bat why: Because their troopers were not
good enough horsemcn to use the cold steel
with effect. ~ Federal lancer regiment, 100
strong. being routed, brought only twenty
lancrS with them out of the fray, and it is a
patent fact that the saler, in tho hands Of q
tyro, is more dangerous to his chargers ears
than t" hisantagonist. In addition, unframed
soldiers sadly i'll Use and neglect their horses.
Experience taught the Federal government
that its cavalry, under an cnterprising
leader, had to he remoumtcd throughout
every four months! The cavalry belonging
to the Army of the Potomac, averaging l2,
coo strong, were supplied with 35,C1S re
mounts within six months. Rigorous meas
ures were taken to compel tho men to spare
their horses A trooper galloping through q
street Of Washington, being called upon by a
sentry to moderate his pace, was shot dead
on refusing to obey. Whole regiments were
turned into infantry for persistent neglect of
their horses. Shcridan's assertion that
10000 horses should he able to prevent the
concentration Of 100000 men was based on
the assumption that he could at the outset
overwhelm the cavalry of the enemy with
the fire of the dragons or mounted infantry;
and upon IL belief i'll it Russia seems to have
stascd its existence rs Il leading military
powcr.--St. James Gazette.
The Dickinson press., 1887-09-24
I,l;,in. and tie Photographers.

Mr.. Blaine had some fun at the expense OF
Scotch photographers. Several of th"m en-
deuvorcd to take him i'll good position NJ
the unyeing Of the lnonun,en, I" -AlrSander
III, but his nimbleness of perception defeated
them. He moved about from one position to
another directly OH seeing camera leveled
at him until the enterprisins artists gave up
in despair.-Chicago Tribune.
The Dickinson press., 1887-09-24
Mrs. Hamilton Fish's Thoughtfulncss.

Harry O'Connor was not only bright
young journalist, but he carried with him
degree of personal dignity seldom attained
by the newspaper fraternity. He had done
some service in Washington and had made
the acquaintance of Charley Godfrcy's wine
room, which was then located on Pen,lsyl-
vania avenue, near Fourteenth street, and
which stood so high in the esteem of connois-
seurs that even gentlemen like Hamilton Fish
not nfrcqucntly purchased their brantlies and
Ma,lciras at that mart. O'Connor was one day
dispatched by his newspaper to interview the
secretary ut Garrisons Landing, where lie
was spending vacation.
The secretary being out when the inter-
viewer called, tho servant took tho card to
Mrs. Fish, who received the visitor with dis
tinguislletl consideration. At the close of n
pleasant conversation, in which OConnor
tried hard to bo just US dgnified and elegant
as tho estimabIe lady herself, Mrs. Fish, with
that combination of tact and grace that
never failed her, begged to return the gentle
mans card. "You may possibly find further
uso for this card" she said. 1t Just happened
that O'Connor's card case was pretty low at
tho time, and, taking back the card in
the spirit in which it was offered, ho
thanked her for her thoughtful Kindness
Plate cards at that time would probably cost
about five cents each. Without looking ut
the card O'Connor put it back into his case.
Some time afterwarl ho was relating tho
incident for tho elification of number Of
friends that they might admire tho thought.
fulness of Mrs. Fish "I'd like to havo that
card" one of the friends remarked "You
Gun hnve it if you will promise to tako good
caro- of it, said O'Connor, and ho opened lis
cnrd case and handed tho card over. Then,
for the first time, it was noticed that on tho
back Of the card was this memorandum:
"Don't forget to pay Godfrey OH Saturday
sa75 for whisky" Then it occurred to O'Con-
nor that it was on account of this memoraM-
dun, and not for mere economy, that Mrs.
Fish hal returned it. Godfrey's name was
familiar to her, and she did not want tho
honest debtor to forget to pay the scorc.-
Washington Post.